It's a pretty easy procedure.
- Throw a towel over your gas tank to protect it from scratches.
- Pop the plastic caps off the four bolts holding down the handlebar clamp -- a pocket knife works well.
- Remove handlebar end caps.
- Loosen switchgear -- just loosen the bolts clamping the switchgear on the bar -- no need to remove the bolts completely.
- Remove left grip from the bar -- lift the inside edge a bit with a screwdriver or something and squirt a little WD40 underneath, then wiggle the grip around to get the WD worked under the grip. With a little twisting, it'll slide off.
- Remove the handlebar clamp bolts, pull the bar up, and maneuver it around to get the switchgear off each end of the bar.
- Slide the switchgear onto the replacement bar.
- Center the bar on the clamp, put the upper half of the clamp on, and carefully thread all four clamp bolts in until they're finger tight. Do not tighten any of them down until all four have been threaded in -- the clamp is relatively soft, and it's fairly easy to crossthread the bolts and strip threads. If a bolt is hard to get going, move the upper clamp around a bit to make sure the bolt is able to go in straight. Once all four bolts have been barely finger-tightened, make sure the bar is centered and positioned as you like, then tighten the clamp bolts to the specified torque using a cross pattern.
- Slide left grip onto the bar -- give it another shot of WD40 inside to make it easy.
- Position left switchgear against the grip, rotate to the position you like, and tighten down.
- Position right switchgear/throttle so there's a small amount of exposed handlebar at the end (just enough so the endcap won't make the throttle bind), rotate to the position you like, and tighten down.
- Reinstall endcaps.
- Adjust mirrors and test ride!
Enjoy.
--mark
